Recently added articles from The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences:
Editorial: Drug Industry, Psychopharmacology, and Mental Health Care Needs: Where Do We Go From Here?
Apr 01, 2008; ... The pharmaceutical industry has recently been challenged with much public concern, despite its generally impressive success in promoting health care technology over the last decades. Pharmaceutical companies play a central role in new drug development, designing of randomized controlled trials ...
Editorial: Treatment Gap In Mental Health Care
Apr 01, 2008; ... In Israel, as in other parts of the world (1), not every person in need of mental health care receives it (2). Although not all individuals with a diagnosable disorder require care (3), many do and yet remain untreated. The obstacles to care reside in a triad of factors: attitudes of the ...
Big Pharma and Health Care: Unsolvable Conflict of Interests between Private Enterprise and Public Health/Commentary/Author's Response
Apr 01, 2008; ... Mayer Brezis, MD, MPH Center for Clinical Quality & Safety, Hadassah Medical Center & School of Public Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Abstract: A landmark paper on Game Theory showed that individual maximization of profit necessarily endangers the ...
Is Lithium a Real Teratogen? What Can We Conclude from the Prospective Versus Retrospective Studies? A Review
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Background: Lithium is a drug used mainly for the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BD). Case reports and several retrospective studies have demonstrated possible teratogenicity, but the data in the different studies was inconclusive. Methods: We summarized all published studies in ...
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Induced Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Depression is common in women of childbearing age and especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are increasingly being used to treat depression prior to and throughout pregnancy. Up to 30% of the newborn infants exposed to ...
Antipsychotic Treatment in Schizophrenia: The Role of Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The present study analyzes the role of neurocognitive assessment instruments in the detection of the contribution of antipsychotic treatment to cognitive functioning. Recently, a panel of experts suggested six main domains (working memory; attention/vigilance; verbal/visual learning ...
Effectiveness and Safety of Adjunctive Antidepressants in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression: A Review
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The treatment of the depressed phase of Bipolar Disorder (BPD) is understudied and poses a widespread clinical dilemma. While the use of mood stabilizers in BPD is a common practice, the role of antidepressants in the depressive phase of the illness remains controversial. This paper ...
Correction
Apr 01, 2008; ... Common mental disorders among Arab-Israelis: Findings from the Israel National Health Survey 44:2 (2007), 104-113. The ...
Attitudes, Knowledge and Preferences of the Israeli Public Regarding Mental Health Services
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: We examined the publics preferences regarding the site of provision of mental health care and the basis for those preferences. A representative sample of the adult Israeli population (N= 1,583) was interviewed by telephone about their knowledge and attitudes. Self-referral to mental ...
Dying in the Psychiatric Ward
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: General hospital staff is experienced in dealing with the death of a patient. However, aside from cases of sudden death among psychiatric inpatients, psychiatric medical staff faces such situations considerably less frequently. Many chronic psychiatric patients do not have a family or ...